Money-order cabinet.



' -MWM No. 860,027. I PATENTED JULY 16, 1907.

' W. B. HENDERSON.

MONEY ORDER CABINET. Arruomron rmm JAN. 9, 1907.

WALTER B. HENDERSON, OF DECATUR, ALABAMA.

MONEY-ORDER CABINET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

I Patented July 16, 1907.

Application filed January 9, 1907. Serial No. 351,542.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WALTER B. HENDERSON, a citizen of the United Statesof America, residing at Decatur, in the county of Morgan and State ofAlabama, have invented new and useful Improvements in Money-OrderCabinets, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to money order cabinets, and the object of theinvention is to provide a simple and convenient cabinet or desk adaptedto contain and securely hold a quantity of order blanks in position tobe filled in successively and torn off one by one in such manner as toindicate in the usual way the amount which each order represents. Theorder blanks may be either in the form of a pile of detached or separatesheets, or in book form, the device being so constructed and the partsthereof being so arranged that the cover of the book may be folded backand held clamped in open position. The cabinet also involves mechanismwhereby the order blanks are elevated as rapidly as they are used withthe top or uppermost order located substantially flush with or in aplane of the writing surface of the desk or cabinet.

With the above and other objects in view, the invention consists in thenovel construction, combination, and arrangement of parts as hereinafterfullydescribed, illustrated and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of a cabinetembodying the present invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical section throughthe same taken lengthwise of the cavity in which the follower moves.Fig. 3 is an enlarged vertical section taken in line with the adjustingscrew, showing the greater part of the mechanism by means of which thefollower is moved upward and downward.

The cabinet contemplated in this.invention comprises a writing bed ordesk top 1 of any suitable size supported by means of sides 2 at anysuitable elevation. The cabinet frame thus constructed is provided withan oblong, rectangular cavity or space 3 of the approximate size of theorder blanks and within said cavity is mounted a follower 4 in the formof a fiat plate, the same being movable up and down within the cavity,and controlled as to its position, by means hereinafter described. r

The means for actuating the follower comprises an adjusting feed screw 5provided at its upper end with a suitable operating knob 6 adapting thescrew to be turned by hand, the said knob being arranged above the topof the desk or cabinet for convenience. The screw 5 carries a runner 7in the form of a nutwhich,

' as the screw is turned, travels up and down thereon according to thedirection in which the screw is turned. At its lower end the screw 5 isjournaled in a bearing 8 and held thereto by a Washer 9 and retainerscrew 10 or equivalent means. The runner7 carries a yoke 11 consistingof a plate or strip having the opposite ends thereof bent at an angleand perforated to form eyes 12 which receive crank arms 13 projectinginward from a pair of rock shafts 14 extending parallel with each otherand located in the cavity 3 beneath the follower plate 4. The shafts 14are provided with other crank arms 15, the upper ends of which work insliding contact with the lower surface of the follower 4 and it will nowbe seen that by turning the knob 6 and revolving the screw 5, the yoke10 and runner are carried up and down, and by means of the crank arms,the rock shafts 14 are turned which has the effect of pushing thefollower upward or allowing the same to gravitate.

Extending across one end of the cavity 3 is a clamp or keeper 16 whichis pivotally connected at one end 17 to the desk or cabinet top 1, asclearly shown in Fig.

1, the opposite end of the clamp being slotted at 18 so as to embracethe shank of a binding screw 19 which holds the clamp fast. The edges ofthe order blanks rest beneath the clamp 16 and are pressed in contacttherewith by the follower plate 4. At the opposite end of the cavity 3there is arranged a clasp embodying a shaft 20 mounted to turn inbrackets 21 secured to and extending upward from the top of the cabinet.Extending inward and downward from the shaft 20 is a bail shaped jaw 22adapted to engage the stubs of the order blanks and also the cover ofthe order blank book if the blanks are in book form, and the shaft 20 isprovided with one or more coiled springs 23 encircling the same, thetension of said spring or springs being binding screw 28 impingingagainst the guide rod 25.

and adapted to hold the slide and the paper cutter at any point to whichthe cutter may be adjusted. The working edge 29 of the cutter is off setto form a transverse cutting portion 30 so that in tearing off theorders, an irregular or zig-zag cut is effected which cut, as is wellknown, is for the purpose of indicating the amount of money alsodesignated at another place by writing on the order. It is for thispurpose that the cutter 27 is made slidable to bring the offset 30 inregister with any desired amount printed on the order blank. After theorder blanks are torn off, the cutter 28 is raised with the swingingframe whereupon the portions of the blanks held beneath the cutter maybe removed and pushed backward and caught and held beneath the clasp 22,the operation of said clasp being facilitated by providing one end ofthe rock shaft 20 raising the cutter 27 and clamp 0r clasp 22 andswinging the clamp or keeper 16 on its pivot 17, after which the saidparts are returned to the positions shown in Fig. 1.

I claim: 1 Y

l. A cabinet for the purposedescribed embodying a blank holding cavity,a follower working in said cavity and forming asupport for the blanks, afeed screw for moving said follower to feed the blanks toward thewriting surface of the cabinet, a swing frame comprising parallel arms,a guide extending across said cavity and connected to said arms, and apaper cutter adjustably mounted on said guide.

2. A cabinet for the purpose described embodying a blank holding cavity,a follower movable up and down in said cavity and forming a supportfo'r'the blanks, and

"means foradvancing the follower embodying a plurality offollower-actuating elements geared together for simultaneous'operationby and from a single actuating de- In testimony whereof, I aifix mysignature in presence 30 of 'two witnesses.

' -WAL'1ER Bi HENDERSON.

Witnesses WM. MosnLEY, R. W. BITCH.

